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Celebrating 50 Years of Uniting People with Nature

For 50 years, the Ogden Nature Center has welcomed the public year-round to its 152-acre nature preserve and education center. The Ogden Nature Center offers a wide variety of activities from walking trails to educational programs for all ages.

Creatures of the Night

Bundle up! Two nights of outdoor fun, without fright! Friday & Saturday, October 18 and 19, 5-8:30 pm. All ages. $7 for ONC members / $10 for non-memb...

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On Friday, November 8th, help us launch into our 50th year! The Ogden Nature Center is hosting a special evening of stargazing led by Naturalist...

Membership at the Ogden Nature Center means being part of a community that is invested in protecting and preserving open spaces that inspire us all to be in nature. Benefits include free entry, members-only news, discounts on programs and the gift shop, and free entrance to other nature centers across the country. Family memberships start at an affordable $60/year — which is just $5/month. Choose your individual, family, or corporate level and join us at ONC!

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The Ogden Nature Center offers a range of educational programs, including field trips and summer camps for children.

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Community programs are designed to connect people of all ages to the natural world. No matter what your interest, we have a class you will enjoy.

Embark on a journey of discovery during fall semester.

Join the Ogden Nature Center for a Kneehigh Naturalist class! Explore wildlife and nature through games, crafts, stories and live animal introductions that are age appropriate. This hour-long program is designed for preschoolers 3-5 years of age and their adult chaperones.

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Give your students the wonderful opportunity to get outside the classroom walls this year and make connections with the natural world.

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On Friday, November 8th, help us launch into our 50th year!  

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Please consider making a year-end gift to the Ogden Nature Center.  Your gift makes a difference and helps tie our community closer to nature.

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The Ogden Nature Center is home to over 20 Utah-native, non-releasable birds of prey and other animals such as snakes, salamanders, rabbits, and tortoises. These animals have been permanently injured or imprinted, and can no longer survive on their own in the wild. Today they serve as animal ambassadors at the Ogden Nature Center, helping teach our community about wildlife, ecosystems, and the importance of habitat.

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The Ogden Nature Center is a small nature preserve right in the middle of Ogden. It is a peaceful, relaxing place to spend a morning or afternoon. As you walk into the nature center, you walk past lots of different birdhouses. They have a contest every year to add new houses to this area. Our boys love this part of the trip, and laugh at the creative birdhouses that are here.

There is a small visitor center with a gift shop. There are stuffed birds on display, as well as a few live animals such as honeybees and a snake. Our boys like to sit and read a book, or put on their own puppet shows here. There are often different activities held in this room led by someone who works at the center. They were doing a scavenger hunt the day we were there.

Outside of the visitor center are birds, mostly raptors, that have been rescued and are kept in the center. Our boys love seeing the eagles and hawks. They even have a cormorant and a pelican. After viewing the birds, you can pick any number of trails to wander through the open area of the Ogden Nature Center. Make sure to grab a map at the visitor center. Some trails walk through wooded areas, while others lead to blinds where you can look out on the water without the birds noticing you–as long as you’re quiet. The longest hike takes you out to two tree houses for the kids to play in.

There are many animals you can see at the Ogden Nature Center including fox, skunk, deer, and lots of birds. We haven’t seen many of these animals. We always see deer and usually a few kinds of birds. This time there were turkeys wandering around the visitor center. They were amusing to watch because they thought their reflection was another turkey, so they got all puffed up and kept yelling at the window.

One of the reasons we like the Ogden Nature Center is the variety of camps and activities they have throughout the year. This year we participated in the Family Camp and camped out next to the tree houses shown above. We got to wander around after hours and they provided s’mores and breakfast. Check their website for other camps, as well as concerts and activities that are fun for the family.

The Ogden Nature Center is located on 12th Street in Ogden. Admission prices are $4/adult, $2/child 2 and older.

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The Ogden Nature Center is a 152-acre nature preserve and education center open year-round for discovery and exploration. Visitors enjoy meeting birds of prey, snakes, tortoises, salamanders and other native animal species. Outside you'll find picnic areas, tree houses, bird blinds, a spotting tower and 1.5 miles of walking trails. The Nature Center boasts two of Utah's greenest buildings, with hands-on nature exhibits and a unique gift store. The Ogden Nature Center offers a wide variety of community programs for all ages including art, photography, birding, wildlife in Utah, outdoor recreation, conservation, sustainable practices and more. During the school year naturalists leads outdoor field trips for school children and in the summer, week-long nature camps. Several community events are held at the Nature Center each year including Earth Day and Creatures of the Night at Halloween.

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The Ogden Nature Center takes great pride in its facilities, particularly those that are eco-friendly and model best practices for building. We boast the best in environmental education, with award-winning programs that are used as models nationwide.

I’m Hungry! Can I get food at Ogden Nature Center?

Trail snacks and drinks can be purchased in the gift shop. We do not carry plastic bottles, but have soda & juice in aluminum cans or options to buy aluminum water bottles that can be filled with water at our drinking fountain.

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Bring suncreen & bug spray in the summertime and good walking shoes year-round. You are welcome to pack in your own picnics, but we ask that you carry out your own trash. We are open year-round, and the winter is a great time to visit.

Does Ogden Nature Center have a gift shop?

The Nest Gift Shop is full of nature-related items including toys, books, stationary, t-shirts and much more. The Nest is a wonderful place to shop for nature-lovers.

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Our website has information for teachers interested in field trips to the Nature Center or our outreach programs, which bring nature education into your classrooms. Go the the education tab on our website

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Dates listed on the calendar indicate that we still have availability on that date. If there is no listing on the date you wish to reserve a field trip, there are no more available time slots on that date. 

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Five Ways to Give Back in Ogden

Whether you’re here for the day or here for the duration, we hope you’ll leave this place a little better than you found it. Here are five ways you can help make a more sustainable Ogden.

Ogden Nature Center

The Ogden Nature Center is a 152-acre preserve in the heart of Ogden with a mission to unite people with nature and nurture appreciation and stewardship of the environment. Visitors can interact with local plants and animals from treehouses, bird blinds, a spotting tower and 1.5 miles of walking trails. Explore several hands-on exhibits and marvel at the “green” architecture of the campus.

Your nominal entrance fee helps support the center’s mission to provide nature education to most of our local youth through annual field trips and other activities. The Ogden Nature Center is open to the public Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday and on major holidays.

Learn more about the Ogden Nature Center and plan your visit here .

Trails Foundation Northern Utah

The hundreds of miles of trails and non-motorized pathways throughout the Ogden area are the result of decades of investment and hard work from the Trails Foundation of Northern Utah (TFNU).

The foundation works closely with public land managers and private property owners to plan, promote, preserve and protect, construct and maintain a network of public pathways, trails, and related open spaces for non-motorized users throughout Northern Utah.

Their website and social media channels are the authoritative sources for up-to-date trail information, and a quick visit to tfnu.org can tell you all about becoming a member, donating to new trail development, volunteering for trail construction and maintenance, and pledging to improve trail etiquette.

Sign up for the Wild4Ogden Pass and get to know some of our best trails while earning rewards. Registration is free and there is nothing to download!

Weber Sustainability Fund

Every year, the Ogden area hosts dozens of conferences, meetings, conventions, and athletic competitions in our one-of-a-kind mountain/metro setting. The Weber Sustainability Fund is a mechanism whereby groups and their attendees can donate a portion of their attendance fees to projects strategically chosen to promote sustainability and protect and preserve this amazing landscape.

To learn more about the Weber Sustainability Fund, or to make an individual contribution, click here .

Support Local

The hometown feel and welcoming atmosphere you experience in historic downtown Ogden and in the upper Ogden Valley is no accident. You’ll notice a distinct lack of national chains and big box brands in these areas, and an abundance of locally owned and operated restaurants, bars, shops, studios, salons, and galleries.

Your support of these local businesses is crucial to their success and survival. We encourage you to patronize these establishments during your visit not only for the economic contribution to their bottom lines, but to experience a bit of the heart of our community.

Their products and services are "uniquely Ogden” and proprietors and their employees are a great source of local information. They’ll let you know what’s going on in and around town, including some of the more “off the beaten path” experiences that should probably be on your radar.

Start your exploration of our local assets here. For an added bonus, sign up for the Ogden Savings Pass to explore and save at many of our favorite spots. No cost. Nothing to download.

Ogden’s creative community and local art scene has become the envy of much of the rest of the state of Utah. We encourage you to immerse yourself in our local arts during your visit.

In addition to dozens of murals and other public art installations, working artists maintain studios and galleries around town and local musicians can be found on stages several nights each week. Start with any of the galleries located downtown, the Local Artisan Collective, or visit The Monarch in the heart of the Nine Rails Creative District where you’ll find The Art Box and dozens of working artist studios including painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors, podcasters and more. Learn more about our local art scene here .

When you catch our local musicians playing in restaurants and bars, pick up one of their CDs or simply drop a bit of cash in their case. Please help us keep our vibrant art and music scene alive and kicking. Learn more about Ogden’s live music scene here .

Hit key spots on the Ogden Outdoor Art Trail and earn cool stuff from local artists.

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• Field Trips to Take in Ogden

When you think of taking Field Trips in Utah, your mind probably goes to Salt Lake City first, the city full of religious and pioneer history abound. While we do think Salt Lake City is always an excellent option for student groups, there is a location a bit north of this city, 40 miles north to be exact, that is also quite excellent; Ogden.

Ogden Utah is known for being a gateway city to ski resorts and mountainside fun. It is also full of educational institutions, historic sites, and cultural hubs, perfect for student groups of any ages to explore! Outdoor recreation is not lacking, and the scenery is absolutely stunning. Enjoy ample shopping and dining opportunities, and of course, plenty of options for fun and entertainment!

Below we have given the best options for field trips throughout Ogden based on student age, allowing your group to make the most of your visit, educationally!

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Kindergarten and Younger

• This highly educational and entertaining museum experience allows your group to explore over 100 full-sized dinosaur replicas within a 5-acre park, featuring everything from the largest articulated Barosaurus spine in the world to a Harpactognathus holotype.  Inside the museum, you will find several hands-on activities and labs, as well as several school field trip options. Pre-K/K level groups will be able to enjoy a 30-minute fossil presentation, craft time, and story, 1st/2nd-grade-level groups will take part in a 45-minute hands-on fossil presentation, and 3rd graders and older will take part in a hands-on paleontology presentation lasting 45 minutes.
• This fun and interactive learning center feature an iconic main attraction which is, as you may have already guessed, a large tree in the center of the building. This tree is 30 feet tall, over 65 feet wide with branches reaching out 30 feet. It holds roughly 70,000 leaves and serves as the centerpiece to the nearly 30,000 square feet of exhibit space within the museum. The exhibits within were 'carefully designed and built for imaginative play and for retelling favorite stories'. They are meant to intrigue, inspire, and engage children in imaginative play.
• For a fun break while in Ogden with your student group stop at Toad's Fun Zone, the family fun entertainment center that offers fun games and activities for all ages. Spend time in the arcade, hit the batting cages, or head to the mini-golf course while here. There are also go-karts, laser tag, and plenty of food and drink options on-site. This attraction is located right at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and is good in rain or shine, with both indoor and outdoor recreation options.

Elementary School

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• Within this massive manor, you will find paintings, photos, manuscripts, and other various memorabilia from Utah's earliest founders. The artifacts come from 'the time the earliest settlers entered the Valley of the Great Salt Lake', and exploring them allows you to walk back into the history of these hardy pioneer people who migrated 2,000 miles from Nauvoo, Illinois, in search of religious freedom. The artifacts you find within may surprise you, with several different types of things to be seen within the Carriage House, Medical Room, Clothing Room, and overall 3 floors of museum space.
• Welcome to the Ogden Nature Center, the 152-acre nature and education center that was first created in 1975. This nature center was actually the first one in the state of Utah! During your visit, your group can take advantage of the walking trails, ponds, and an education center, with ample natural science learning opportunities around every corner. Spend some time birding while here, with over 149 species of birds found onsite. Visit the various exhibits within the education center, providing up close and personal experiences with birds of prey, snakes, salamanders, tortoises, and spiders. There are also various art exhibits within the L.S Peery Education Center and Visitor Center's Discovery Room.

Middle School

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• First founded in 1846, For Buenaventura sits on an 84-acre river tract just east of the Weber River. When exploring this site your group will learn fur trading and battle history, get to see authentic Native American artifacts, walk the various hiking trails and/or fish the ponds, and learn all about the Fort itself within the Visitor Center. In 1847 Mormons bought the fort and surrounding land and renamed it Brownsville. Much before this, however, the land was as fortifications during battles, as a trading post for fur trappers, and as a long-time home to Utah's Native Americans and more recently, pioneer settlers. School groups will have the option of taking part in hands-on lessons about these topics, and after the lesson, you can choose up to 4 Stations such as fire starting, black powder, and trapping. You will also learn about the era of Mountain Men in this region and popular men of the time like Jim Bridger, Miles Goodyear, and Jedediah Smith.
• This train station was actually the third major one for Ogden, holding 33 hotel rooms, a restaurant, and even a barbershop during its heyday in the early 1900s, the station running for over 3 decades successfully. The depot was considered a 'bustling focal point of northern Utah'. "The railroads changed Ogden from a sleepy agricultural backwater to a bustling transportation and manufacturing hub, the railroads funneled everything they did through this station," says Charles Trentelman, a member of the Union Station Foundation Board of Directors. Ogden Union Station has been operating as a museum collection since 1978, holding museums, art galleries, and a marketplace space. This spot is considered to be one of the area's best educational and cultural resources, with the following museums/galleries within to explore.

High School

• On Historic 25th Street you can find Gallery 25, the oldest in the area. In operation for over 18 years now, this gallery is actually a co-op of over 50 local artists such as Bradyn Beal and Gerald Wood. When you visit you can 'immerse your senses in a wonderful selection of art', a surprising variety of styles and mediums offered here. If you are looking to buy or admire quality art, this is the place to go, with something for every interest and pallet!
• The museum is located on 30 acres and first opened to the public in 1986. Hill Aerospace Museum sees around 320,000 visitors each year, the guests eager to see over 70 aircraft on display inside two onsite galleries and an outside airpark. There are thousands of artifacts throughout these areas depicting the history of aviation of the United States Air Force, Hill Air Force Base, and the State of Utah in general. We highly suggest your group takes part in the onsite STEM education program, which is housed within the Lt. General Marc C. Reynolds Aerospace Center for Education. ACE, as it is more commonly called, inspires over 37,000 K-12 students each year, bringing aerospace history to life. Your group will have the chance to explore the extensive onsite collection including ordinance and munitions, aerospace ground equipment, military vehicles, uniforms, and historic artifacts.
• Located within the DOVAD Kimball Visual Arts Building, a part of Ogden's Weber State University, the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery makes the perfect art education stop during your adventure! This art center features contemporary art exhibits and educational programs covering the 'art of our times'. The gallery is free and open to the public each September through April, with occasional special exhibits or workshops available during the summer. The exhibits within are regularly rotating, as are the artists, with subjects such as Perspectives in Printmaking and Student Art Series. There are regular lecture series here throughout the season, and the gallery is closely connected with the Weber State University Department of Visual Art and Design.

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College Visits

• This campus in Ogden, Utah, serves the community as an 'educational leader, cultural center, and entertainment hub for the region'. There are over 225 certification and degree programs offered here, as well as 16 additional grad programs. Some popular majors here at Weber include Business, Communication, Education, Health, Professional Trades, Visual and Performing Arts, and Writing and Literature. Your group can take a Daily Tour while here, which includes a 1.5-hour walking tour and 15-minute information session with admissions staff, or you can opt-in for a School Group Tour, with options for 10th grade and up, and 10th grade and below. The older student tour will allow you to tour with a student ambassador and can be tailored for specific activities, concerts, or games. This tour also allows you to meet with admissions staff and learn about majors, admissions, financial aid, campus housing, and more. The younger student tour involves a campus-wide scavenger hunt with special prizes!
• Brigham Young University, or BYU, was founded, supported, and guided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This religion-based university aims to 'assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life' and does so well with an excellent mix of faith-building and higher education options on campus. BYU hosts several different schools that cover the following major subjects: Business, Education, Engineering, Social Sciences, Fine Arts and Communication, Humanities, International Studies, Law, Life Sciences, Nursing, Mathematics, and Religious Education. Within these different schools, you can pick up one of many different majors, with specific examples like accounting, biochemistry, computer engineering, acting, dance, philosophy, wildlife conservation, and so much more.

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